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Salt and Spice283.Salt284.Table salt285.Iodised table salt or iodised salt286.Spice287.Aniseed287A. Aniseed powder288.Caraway seed289.Caraway powder290.Cardamom291.Cardamom seed292.Cardamom powder293.Cardamom amomum294.Cardamom amomum seed295.Cardamom amomum powder296.Celery seed297.Chilli298.Chilli powder299.Chilli slurry300.Cinnamon301.Cinanmon powder302.Cloves303.Cloves powder304.Coriander305.Coriander powder306.Cumin307.Cumin powder308.Cumin black309.Cumin black powder310.Dill seed311.Fennel312.Fennel powder313.Fenugreek314.Fenugreek powder315.Ginger316.Ginger powder317.Mace318.Mace powder319.Mustard320.Mustard powder321.Nutmeg322.Nutmeg powder323.Black pepper324.Black pepper powder325.White pepper326.White pepper powder327.Mixed pepper powder328.Pimento329.Saffron330.Star anise331.Tumeric332.Tumeric powder333.Mixed spice333A. Curry powderVinegar, Sauce, Chutney and Pickle334.Vinegar

46.347.Distilled vinegarBlended vinegarArtificial vinegar or synthetic vinegarParticular requirement of vinegarSauceSoya sauce or soya bean or kicapHydrolysed vegetable protein sauce or hydrolysed plant protein sauceBlended hydrolysed vegetable protein sauce or blended hydrolysed plant proteinChilli sauceTomato sauce or tomato ketchup or tomato catsupSalad dressingMayonnaiseChutneyPickleSoft Drink348.General standard for soft drink349.Syrup350.Fruit syrup, fruit cordial or fruit squash351.Flavoured syrup or flavoured cordial352.Fruit juice drink353.Fruit drink354.Flavoured drink355.Soft drink base or soft drink premix356.Botanical beverage357.Soya bean milk358.Soya bean drink359.(Deleted by P.U.(A) 162/88)360.Particular labelling requirement of soft drink360A. Natural mineral water360B. Packaged drinking waterAlcoholic Beverage361.General standard for alcoholic beverage362.Wine363.Wine cocktail, vermouth or wine aperitif364.Aerated wine365.Dry wine366.Sweet wine367.Fruit wine368.Apple wine369.Cider370.Pear wine371.Perry372.Vegetable wine373.Honey wine or mead374.Beer, lager, ale or stout375.Rice wine376.Toddy377.Spirit378.Brandy379.Fruit brandy380.Rum381.Whisky382.Vodka383.Gin384.Samsu

385.386.Particular labelling requirement of spiritLiqueurShandy387.ShandySpecial Purpose Food388.Special purpose food389.Infant formula390.Canned food for infants and children391.Cereal-based food for infants and children392.Low energy food393.Formula dietary food394.PART IXUSE OF WATER, ICE OR STEAMStandard for wholesome water, ice or steamPART XMISCELLANEOUS395.396.397.398.399.Food not elsewhere standardizedFood irradiationPenaltyTransitional provisionRevocation

1 - Citation, Commencement and Application(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Food Regulations 1985.(2)These Regulations shall come into force on such date as the minister may appoint bynotification in the Gazette.(3)These Regulations shall not apply to any food prepared, produced or packaged for exportoutside Malaysia.2 - Interpretation(1)In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires--"Act" means the Food Act 1983;"alcohol" means ethyl alcohol;"appropriate designation" means a name or description, being a specific and not a generic name ordescription, which shall indicate to the prospective purchaser the true nature of the food to which it isapplied;"bulk container" includes-(a)any wagon, crate, silo, tanker and other similar container; and(b)any box, carton and other similar container in which more than one duly labelled packageand its content are placed and in which the packages and their contents are not intended to be retained whenthe packages or the contents are sold by way of retail;"commercially sterile" means any condition which is free of viable microorganisms including sporesof public health significance and microorganisms capable of reproducing in the food under normalconditions of storage and distribution;"extra wrapper" means an interior or exterior wrapper used only to facilitate packing and it notintended or adequate to serve as a sole container of the content of the package;"outer package" means any container in which more than one duly labelled package of the same typeof food are placed for the purpose of sale by retail;"parts per cent (ppc)", "parts per million (ppm)" and "parts per billion (ppb)" means parts percentum, parts per million and parts per billion by weight respectively.(2)Any reference in these Regulations to parts per million and parts per billion shall be deemedto be equivalent to milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) and microgram per kilogram (µg/kg) respectively.(3)Any reference in these Regulations to any specified article shall be construed as including areference to any other article which is substantially identical with, and may be used for the same purpose as,the articles specifically referred to.(4)Any reference in these Regulations to the composition, strength, potency, purity, quality,weight, quantity, shelf life or other property of any food or any ingredient or component thereof shall be theprescribed standard with respect to that food or ingredient or component.(5)Where in these Regulations a standard is prescribed for any food without any expressedstipulation forbidding any added matter or substance, there shall be implied therein the stipulation that the

food for which such standard is prescribed shall not contain any added matter or substance, other thanpotable water, except as may be specifically permitted by these Regulations.3.PART IIWARRANTYFood which requires a written warranty from manufacturer, etc.The food in respect of which the manufacturer, distributor or dealer is required to give a written warranty orother written statement under section 30 of the Act, when selling such food to any vendor, shallbe as specified in the First Schedule.PART IIIPROCEDURE FOR TAKING SAMPLES4.Procedure on taking samples for physical and chemical analysis(1)Where an authorized officer has taken or otherwise procured a sample of food in accordance withsection 5 of the Act for the purpose of physical or chemical analysis, he shall-(a)divide the sample into three separate parts and mark and seal or fasten up each part in such amanner as its nature will permit;(b)of the food;offer one part to the seller, importer or manufacturer or his agent or the person having charge(c)deliver either personally or through another authorized officer or by A.R.(Acknowledgement or Receipt) registered mail one of the remaining parts to an analyst; and(d)retain the other remaining part.(2)Where a sample consists of any food contained in unopened packages and if the opinion ofauthorized officer the division of a sample for analysis into three separate parts in accordance withsubregulation (1)-(a)is not reasonably practicable; or(b)might affect the composition or impede the proper analysis of the content,the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be deemed to be complied with if the authorized officer taking orotherwise procuring the sample divides the package into the requisite number of lots and deals with each lotin the manner provided by this regulation as if it were a part and any reference in three Regulations to a partof a sample shall be construed accordingly.(3)Notwithstanding subregulation (1) and (2), where--(a)a particular package of food has or appears to have in it or upon it any foreign substance orany substance which is suspected of being poisonous, harmful or injurious to health; or(b)it is not practicable to divide the sample into the requisite number of parts or lots,the authorized officer shall only take one sample without dividing it into separate parts and shallsubsequently deliver the sample so taken either personally or through another authorized officer or by A.R.(Acknowledgement of Receipt) registered mail to an analyst.

5.Procedure on taking samples for microbiological analysisWhere a sample of food is required for microbiological analysis, the authorized officer taking or otherwiseprocuring the sample in accordance with section 5 of the Act shall-(a)only take one sample and shall not divide such sample into separate parts;(b)mark and seal the sample in such a manner as its nature will permit; and(c)deliver such sample personally or through another authorized officer to an analyst with theleast practicable delay.6.Label for food sample(1)The label for food sample shall be in quadruplicate with a common counterfoil in the formas prescribed in the Second Schedule.(2)Where a food sample is divided into three parts one of such label as specified insubregulation (1) shall be pasted on each part of the sample while the remaining label is to be affixed to therequest for analysis form.(3)In cases where only one food sample is taken only one pf the label shall be pasted on suchsample while another label is to be affixed to the request for analysis form.7.Request for analysis of food sample and certificate of analyst(1)Schedule.The request for analysis of food sample shall be made in Form A as set out in the Third(2)A certificate of the result of an analysis given by an analyst shall be in the form as set out inthe Fourth Schedule.8.Sample of foodFor the purposes of this Part a sample of food may consist of one or more parts or units of the same type offood.PART IVLABELLING9.General requirements for labelling of foodNo person shall prepare or advertise for sale or sell any food contained in a package, if the package(a)does not bear on it label containing all the particulars required by these Regulations to becontained on a label relating to such package;(b)bears on it a label containing anything that is prohibited by these Regulations fromappearing on a label relating to such package; or(c)bears on it a label containing any particulars that are not in the position or manner requiredby these Regulations in respect of a label relating to such package.

10.Language to be usedExcept as otherwise provided in these Regulations, any word, statement, information or direction that isrequired by these Regulations to appear on the label of any package of food shall (a)in the case of food produced, prepared or packaged in Malaysia, be in Bahasa Malaysia; or(b)in the case of imported food, be in Bahasa Malaysia or English, and in either case mayinclude translation thereof in any other language.11.Particulars in labelling(1)Every package containing food for sale shall, unless otherwise provided in theseRegulations, bear on it a label containing the following particulars, namely-(a)the appropriate designation of the food or a description of the food containing the commonname of its principal ingredients;(b)in the case of mixed or blended food, words which indicate that the contents are mixed orblended, as the case may be, and such word shall be conjoined with the appropriate designation of the food,in the following form:"mixed" (here insert the appropriate designation of the food); or "blended" (here insert theappropriate designation of the food):Provided that the word "mixed" or "blended" shall not be conjoined with the appropriate designation of anymixed or blended food which does not comply with the standard prescribed by these Regulations;(c)where the food contains beef or pork, or its derivatives, or lard, a statement as to thepresence in that food of such beef or pork, or its derivatives, or lard, in the form-"CONTAINS (state whether beef or pork, or its derivatives, or lard, as the case may be)"or in any other words to this effect;(d)where the food contains added alcohol, a statement as to the presence in the food of suchalcohol, in capital bold-faced lettering of a non-serif character not smaller than 6 point, in the form-"CONTAINS ALCOHOL"or in any other words to this effect;(e)where the food consists of two or more ingredients, other than water, food additives andnutrient supplement, the appropriate designation of each of those ingredients in descending order ofproportion by weight and, wherever required by these Regulations, a declaration of the proportion of suchingredient;(f)where the food contains edible fat or edible oil or both, a statement as to the presence in thatfood of such edible fat or edible oil or both, together with the common name of the animal or vegetable, asthe case may be, from which such fat or oil is derived;(g)where the food contains food additive, a statement as to the presence in that food of suchfood additive, in the form--

"contains permitted (state the type of the relevant food additive)";(h)where the claim is made as to the presence in that food of any vitamin, mineral, essentialamino acids or essential fatty acid, a statement setting out-(i)in the case of vitamin, the quantity of each of such vitamin, in international Units milligramsor micrograms;(ii)milligrams;in the case of mineral water, the quantity of each of such mineral in part per cent or(iii)in the case of essential amino acid, the quantity of each of such essential amino acid, inmilligrams; or(iv)in the case of essential fatty acid the quantity of each of such essential fatty acid, in energyper cent or grams;present in a stated quantity of the food;(i)a statement of the minimum net weight or volume or number of the content of the package;(ia)in the case of food packed in liquid, a statement of the minimum drained weight of the food;(j)in the case food locally manufactured or packed, the name and business address of themanufacturer or packer, or the owner of the rights of manufacture or packing or the agent any of them; and inthe case of imported food, the name and business address of the manufacturer or packer, or the owner of therights of manufacture or packing or the agent any of them, and the name and business address of the importerin Malaysia and the name of the country of origin of the food;(k)such other particulars as are required by these Regulations to be given in the case of anyparticular food.(2)The statements required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of subregulation (1), shall appearimmediately below the appropriate designation of the food.(3)For the purposes of paragraphs (e) and (g) of subregulation (1), where the ingredients of thefood or the food additives added to such food, are derived from the animal, the common name of such animalshall also be stated on the label of that food:Provided that shall not be necessary to indicate the name of the animal from which the ingredient or foodadditive is derived if it can be inferred from the appropriate designation of such ingredient of food additive.(4)For the purpose of the paragraphs (j) of subregulation (1)--(a)a telegraphic or code address or an address at a Post Office; or(b)the name of the company or the trade name of the manufacturer, packer, importer or sellerappearing on any disc or cap or other device used for sealing any package of food, shall not be sufficient.12.Form and manner of labelling(1)The particulars that are required by regulation 11, or by any other regulation, to appear onthe label, shall appear conspicuously and prominently in the label.(2)Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, the lettering for the particulars that arerequired by paragraph (a) of subregulation (1) of regulation (11) to appear on the label shall be so prominent

in height, visual emphasis, and position as to be conspicuous by comparison with any other matter appearingon the label.(2A)Subregulation (2) shall not apply to a trade mark.(3)Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, all particulars that are required by theseRegulations to appear on a label shall be written in no smaller than 10 point lettering, and with equalprominence with any other matter appearing on or attached to the package.(4)Notwithstanding subregulation (3), the statement of ingredients as required by paragraph (e),(f), (g) and (h), and the particulars that are required by paragraphs (j) and (k), of subregulation (1) ofregulation (11) may be written in not smaller than 4 point lettering unless otherwise provided in theseRegulations.(5)Every label required by these Regulations to be borne on a package shall be legibly anddurably marked either on the material of the package or on material firmly or permanently attached to thepackage.(6)Notwithstanding subregulation (5), a label may be firmly placed inside a package if--(a)the package is made of clear transparent material; and(b)the food contained in the package--(i)is not ready for direct consumption; or(ii)in the case of food ready for direct consumption, is completely enclosed in its natural shellor pod or interior wrapper such that it has no direct contact or is not likely to come into contact with thelabel.(7)13.No label shall appear on the extra wrapper of any food.Size and colour of letters(1)Where the size of letters to be used in labels is prescribed in these Regulations by referenceto minimum number of points, the reference shall be deemed to be reference to height of the lower case letterof the type face or if the wording is all in capital letters, the height of the capital letters in type faceirrespective of the height of type body.(2)Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations and for internationally accepted unitsymbols of weights and measures, the lettering of every word or statement required by these Regulations toappear on labels shall be-(a)all capital letters; or(b)all lower case letters; or(c)lower case letters with an initial capital letter.(3)In every case to which paragraph (a) or paragraph (b0 of subregualtion (2) applies, the heightof the lettering shall be uniform in every word or statement that is separately required.(4)In every case to which paragraph (c) of subregulation (2) applies, the height of the lowercase lettering shall be uniform in every word or statement that is separately required.

(5)Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, where words are required by theseRegulations to appear on labels in letters of specified size and the package to be labelled is so small as toprevent the use of letters

86. Sterilized milk 87. Ultra high temperature milk or U.H.T. milk 88. Reference to milk as food 89. Flavoured milk 90. Full cream milk powder or dried full cream milk 91. Skimmed milk powder, skim milk powder, dried non-fat milk solids or separated milk powder 92. Recombined milk 93. Reconstituted milk